Ryanair has called for restrictions on alcohol sales at airports after a flight from Dublin to Ibiza was forced to land in Paris due to "disruptive" passengers
An 18-year-old man has been arrested over the death of Cameron Reilly in Dunleer, Co Louth last month
Ireland will not demand to halt Brexit negotiations if there is no breakthrough at the next EU summit
2 month agoTwo people have died in a road traffic accident near the village of Dromkeen in Co Limerick
Irish PM says British govt needs to move on from internal debates and make choices about what it wants from Brexit
PM @theresa_may speaking at @HouseofCommons: Backstop arrangement will be put in place in circumstance when new customs arrangements are not in place, to ensure there is no hard border in Ireland
Man shot dead and girlfriend seriously injured in County Cork
Irish FM discussed 'unsustainable' situation in Gaza with Netanyahu
[email protected]: EU's backstop proposal is an "exceptional offer" from the EU27 for NI to address the unique situation and cannot be applied to the whole UK
Michel Barnier admits what everyone knows - the EU's backstop would create a border in the Irish Sea: 'Let's go to pragmatism. Checks carried out on ferries are less disruptive than along a 500km long land border.'
[email protected] : The EU's backstop proposal "cannot be extended to the whole UK it has been designed for the specific situation of NI"
Taoiseach @campaignforleo welcomes yesterday's UK govt @GOVUK brexit document as "a step in the right direction" but adds that it "falls short."
2 month agoThe Taoiseach has said the conditions are not right for a Border poll. Says too that UK Technical Note on avoiding a hard border falls short
2 month ago"When I want to know what the view of the British government is, I ask the Prime Minister" - Taoiseach on Boris Johnson's tail-wags-dog complaint
2 month agoTaoiseach arrives at the Orange Order HQ in Belfast where he is welcomed by the Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland
British Brexit backstop plan welcome, with caveats: Irish foreign minister
Irish PM in NI to meet civil society groups from nationalist and unionist communities
The European Parliament's Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt says it is "difficult" to see how the UK's backstop proposal for the Irish border after Brexit will deliver a "workable solution"
2 month agoTaoiseach Leo Varadkar says Brexit backstop agreement cannot be time-limited by a date
2 month agoGarda investigation into fatal Bray boxing club shooting continues. Searching the pier this am
Sky Sources say the 57-year-old man who was injured after a shooting at a boxing club in County Wicklow is Peter Taylor who is the father of world and Olympic boxing champion Katie Taylor
Two other men, aged 35 and 57, have been hospitalised after the shooting
The Taoiseach has said the Dáil will sit longer into the summer to facilitate the passage of new legislation on abortion. He's indicated that second stage could be completed before the summer break
[email protected] says it's important some realism is injected into the discussions about the timeline for enacting abortion legislation
Ireland votes to repeal strict ban on abortion, election official confirms.
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says he plans to have a new abortion law enacted by the end of the year and the approval of the referendum is a "culmination of a quiet revolution" in Ireland
"Under the Eighth Amendment, women in crisis pregnancy have been told: 'Take the plane or take the boat'. Today we tell them: 'Take our hand'." - Irish Health Minister @SimonHarrisTD
The Taoiseach @campaignforleo says today is the culmination of a 'quiet revolution' and says we will have a 'modern constitution for a modern country'
Spokesman for Ireland's pro-life 'Save The 8th' campaign John McGuirk has conceded that his campaign has lost the referendum
The official counting of votes in the abortion referendum in Ireland has begun after exit polls suggest the country overwhelmingly backed repealing the 8th amendment and relaxing the country's abortion laws
